Disaster Risk Reduction | Photo blog

A training programme on search and rescue, first aid and early warning was organized as part of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) intervention. It was held under the programme “Recovery & Risk reduction of Flood affected community in Lakhimpur District of Assam...

IGSSS has begun responding to the Odisha Drought Campaign in the districts of Bolangir and Kalahandi in Odisha. The Drought Response, in its initial phase, is reaching out to five villages in each of the districts. The response is aimed at reaching out to vulnerable...

As part of the programme Recovery and Risk Reduction of Flood Affected Community in Lakhimpur district of Assam India implemented with the support of HDFC, a road and bridge was constructed with the support of active community participation. The road was the only...

By: Mukesh Dubey: Senior Manager, Communication and Resource Mobilisation A report, presented by the Government of India in Rajya Sabha, states that there are 266 districts in as many as 11 states affected by the drought. The report highlights Odisha as one the most...

Written By: Vipul Dixit, Officer Partnership Management, New Delhi Facts on Droughts So far, 10 of India’s 29 states have declared a state of drought, following two years of below-average monsoon rains More than 130 talukas in 256 districts in 10 states of the...

Reported by: Khursheed Ahmad, Youth Coordinator – Kashmir On the anniversary of the devastating flood that ravaged the valley in September 2014, the members of Youth Network group formed under the IGSSS’s Youth Development Programme assembled in Nowgam...

Photo Essay by: Shoma Stanly, Officer Communications Total Images : 15 Assam, India: Dhemaji district in Assam, is perennially affected by floods since 1983. It lies on the bank of the Brahmaputra River and is an area which sees the heaviest rainfall in Assam, due...

The programme “Humanitarian assistance to conflict affected victims in Assam and Mizoram” is aimed at early recovery of conflict affected communities belonging to the Bodo, non-Bodo and Bengali speaking Muslim communities in Assam and Bru families repatriated to...